12 October, 2006

Good news....

For all Buckeyes....

Tyson Gentry can keep a secret, but he doesn’t have much of a poker face.
The former Ohio State player has been in a wheelchair since suffering a broken vertebra in his neck during a scrimmage April 14. He has had limited arm movement and no lower-body movement.
Until Monday. That’s when he discovered he could wiggle his toes on his left foot.
"He thought he felt something, but he didn’t say anything to anyone right away," Gentry’s mother, Gloria, said. "He was laughing all day Monday, and (his sister and roommate) Ashley was like, ‘What are you laughing at?’
"Finally, he shared it with her on Tuesday. He wanted to make sure it continued and it wasn’t just happening there one time and not the next."
Gloria said the development has the family "very, very excited," and she and her husband, Bob, have seen Tyson since then. She said doctors have not told the family anything about what this might mean for Tyson’s future recovery.
But it certainly lifted the spirits of Tyson’s former teammates. Assistant coach Darrell Hazell told the receivers yesterday afternoon. Gentry was working as a receiver at the time of his injury.
"It was just an emotional rush over the guys," Hazell said. "That was huge for the guys."
Coach Jim Tressel broke the news to the full team later yesterday.
Gloria Gentry said the family was prepared to be patient and keep trusting that more improvements would come.
"Even if it’s minor, it’s been very well received," she said. "It’s pretty special."

3 Comments:

Blogger pojo said...

Wow is that a tremendous bit of news. I haven't made my Buckeye Rounds yet, but that is fantastic! Thanks for the add, and I'll post a link here to explain the Steeler oddity...

realize...My family are Browns season ticket holders...

4:40 PM  
Blogger pojo said...

Here's the link...

From Cleveland...to Pittsburgh?

5:24 PM  
Blogger pojo said...

I hope you don't mind bro, but I couldn't pass this story up. I tried to take it slightly different...

but seriously...this stuff should be the headlines on a lot of sites...

awesome news...

9:34 PM  

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